Don’t you wish you had a functional NFL crystal ball?
Don’t you wish you knew how your favorite player will perform in the upcoming season?
Don’t you wish you could know his week-by-week stats before Opening Bay?
Of course you do. But NFL crystal balls aren’t a thing.
Fortunately, Strat-O-Matic is.
In partnership with Chicago Sports Stuff, the old-school fantasy sports giant Strat-O-Matic gamed out Caleb Williams’ 2025 season, projecting his numbers for each of the Bears’ 17 games. And it looked a little something like this:
A few notes:
Would this be considered a successful season for the former Heisman Trophy winner? Yes and no. There aren’t too many explosive, Mahomes-esque numbers here—the six sub-225-yard passing games is concerning—but if this all comes to pass, Williams will be respected as an efficient game manager, which isn’t a terrible thing for a quarterback in year two in the league (and year one in his third NFL offensive system). I mean, Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl, amirite?
Sure, SOM's projection doesn't add up to a Jayden Daniels-level performance, but if head coach Ben Johnson does the kind of Ben Johnson things our theoretical NFL crystal ball tells us he'll do, a reliable game manager might be just good enough to give Bears Nation a ten-win season.
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